Corona virus has been relentlessly wracking havoc upon all the nations; the universal efforts of preventing the subtle disease have not met with significant satisfaction.
At first, it was hoped by most of the governments of the world that the universal panacea of ‘lockdown’ would hold back the Covid 19, and meanwhile the some health laboratories or institute would find out the vaccine for the disease.
Unfortunately, despite many nations claiming discovering the vaccine, none are confident enough of its feasibility.
Now the pressure is back on the governments which now have to doubly deal with the virus and the restoration of economies.
In the countries like India, majority of the population depend upon the daily wages and agriculture. The government of India has already started delivering cereals allotments, LPG gas and some monetary benefits to sustain the lower middle class people. There are also news of many state governments buying the agricultural produces from the farmers at the minimum prices. But the largest unstructured and unorganized class of laborers have borne the brunt of the situation. The biggest problem with the labor class is its disorganized state.
It would not be exaggeration to say that India has perhaps first time realized the complex structure of informal laborers. Most of the laborers do not belong to the place where they work, which makes it clear that they neither have their home nor its confidence to survive.
As soon as the third announcement of continuation of lockdown aired on the media, this class was forced to rely on their feet. It is not that the governments do not wish to help them but in sincere reality it has failed to realize the volatile impact which the laborers are now facing.
Many laborers, the men, women and children all are on the roads. Some have already come near to their destination and a few have broken their breaths while walking.
One of the most responsible reasons for the current hardships of the laborers is the inherent structural loopholes of system. It may be the first time that these loopholes have come out in the public. But they were always there.
If only the laborers have been accommodated with basic needs of social securities such as food, water, hygiene, the laborers would never have been so unconfident of the mere sustainability.
At first, it was hoped by most of the governments of the world that the universal panacea of ‘lockdown’ would hold back the Covid 19, and meanwhile the some health laboratories or institute would find out the vaccine for the disease.
Unfortunately, despite many nations claiming discovering the vaccine, none are confident enough of its feasibility.
Now the pressure is back on the governments which now have to doubly deal with the virus and the restoration of economies.
In the countries like India, majority of the population depend upon the daily wages and agriculture. The government of India has already started delivering cereals allotments, LPG gas and some monetary benefits to sustain the lower middle class people. There are also news of many state governments buying the agricultural produces from the farmers at the minimum prices. But the largest unstructured and unorganized class of laborers have borne the brunt of the situation. The biggest problem with the labor class is its disorganized state.
It would not be exaggeration to say that India has perhaps first time realized the complex structure of informal laborers. Most of the laborers do not belong to the place where they work, which makes it clear that they neither have their home nor its confidence to survive.
As soon as the third announcement of continuation of lockdown aired on the media, this class was forced to rely on their feet. It is not that the governments do not wish to help them but in sincere reality it has failed to realize the volatile impact which the laborers are now facing.
Many laborers, the men, women and children all are on the roads. Some have already come near to their destination and a few have broken their breaths while walking.
One of the most responsible reasons for the current hardships of the laborers is the inherent structural loopholes of system. It may be the first time that these loopholes have come out in the public. But they were always there.
If only the laborers have been accommodated with basic needs of social securities such as food, water, hygiene, the laborers would never have been so unconfident of the mere sustainability.
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